Who Should I Trade?

Alec Burleson for Will Wagner (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Will Wagner 1B,3B - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 44	‐
VBR	# 58	# 1336

Projections

Runs	20	0
Home Runs	6	0
RBI	23	0
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.273	.236

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 39	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 46	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 58	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 56	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 46	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Will Wagner 1B,3B - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	450	35

Runs	64	5

Hits	129	9

Singles	80	8

Doubles	29	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	19	0

RBI	81	0

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	44	10

Strikeouts	81	7

Batting Average	.287	.257

On Base Pct	.353	.422

Slugging Pct	.482	.286

On-base Plus Slugging	.836	.708

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Will Wagner 1B,3B - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	153	7

Runs	20	0

Hits	42	2

Singles	28	1

Doubles	8	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	0

RBI	23	0

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	13	0

Strikeouts	26	1

Batting Average	.273	.236

On Base Pct	.336	.289

Slugging Pct	.449	.339

On-base Plus Slugging	.785	.628

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Will Wagner 1B,3B - SD
News
	Alec Burleson went 2-for-4 in loss to the Phillies with a double, one run scored, three RBI, one walk and one strikeout. Chase Davis Tue, Aug 11th	The Padres have optioned infielder Will Wagner to Triple-A El Paso. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Alec Burleson went 1-for-4 with a home run in the Cardinals 7-4 win over the Rockies on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th	The Padres recalled Will Wagner from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-5 in win over the Yankees with three home runs, three runs scored, six RBI, and one strikeout. Chase Davis Tue, Aug 4th	The Padres activated INF Will Wagner from the 10-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-5 in Sunday's loss to Cincinnati with a double, a run scored, one RBI and two strikeouts. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 27th	The Padres placed INF Will Wagner on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-4 in a 7-0 win over the Reds with a run scored and an RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 26th	Padres infielder Will Wagner (oblique) has not done any baseball activity since the beginning of March and will almost certainly begin the season on the injured list. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL			Will Wagner 1B,3B - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#334	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#61	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#139	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#130	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#271	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#96
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#258
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#87	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#140	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#429	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#140	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#227	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#326	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#192
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#288
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#220	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#155	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#277
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#166	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#142	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#117	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#237	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#142
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#117
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#202
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#237	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#169
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#127	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#166
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#173
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#199	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#61	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#138
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#207
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#258
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Tue, May 5th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Mon, May 18th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Fri, May 22nd				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Sun, May 24th				vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#208
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Sat, Jun 20th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Mon, Jun 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#279
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL

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Alec Burleson for Will Wagner (2026)

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